Test 5 · Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first
«my cousin's dog is hypoallergenic so I won't sneeze, right» What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, I · What happens: be, not sneeze · To what, where: truth
This is test 5 of lesson 325 «Choosing a pet: the questions to ask first» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 hypoallergenic | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dog | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 cousin | case |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hypoallergenic | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hypoallergenic | cop |
| 7 | hypoallergenic | hypoallergenic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 sneeze | advmod |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 sneeze | nsubj |
| 10 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 sneeze | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 sneeze | advmod |
| 12 | sneeze | sneeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hypoallergenic | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 truth | punct |
| 14 | right | right | ADV | _ | 19 truth | advmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 right | punct |
| 16 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 19 truth | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 truth | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 truth | det |
| 19 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sneeze | conj |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 hypoallergenic | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | my cousin's dog | hypoallergenic property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not sneeze in a quote | future | I | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | the truth | right property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1
Right, those dogs have no skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 5 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 dogs | det |
| 4 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 skin | det |
| 7 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | that dogs | no skin | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No breed is truly allergy-free; spend time with it first to test
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 breed | det |
| 2 | breed | breed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 free | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 free | cop |
| 4 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 7 free | advmod |
| 5 | allergy | allergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 free | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 allergy | punct |
| 7 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 spend | punct |
| 9 | spend | spend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 free | parataxis |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spend | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spend | obl |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 spend | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 test | mark |
| 15 | test | test | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 spend | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | no breed | free, truly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spend | infinitive | time | with breed; first property | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | test | to-infinitive | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Right, but only if it is a puppy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 9 puppy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 puppy | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 puppy | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 puppy | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 puppy | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 puppy | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 puppy | det |
| 9 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a puppy | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Right, allergies come only from cats, so any dog at all is completely safe
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 come | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| 3 | allergies | allergy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 cats | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 cats | case |
| 7 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 come | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 safe | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 safe | advmod |
| 10 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 dog | det |
| 11 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 safe | nsubj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 all | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 dog | nmod |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 safe | cop |
| 15 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 16 safe | advmod |
| 16 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 come | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | allergies | from cats | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cat=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | any dog at all | completely, safe property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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